As a 30-something year-old bro who’s lost countless pissing contests, I can honestly say that, regardless of what Steve Harvey says, “thinking like a man” is pretty overrated. We give into our impulses. We get angry over stupid shit. We can be a little more self-centered than our female counterparts. Thinking like a man can, indeed, be very mid. Feeling like one, though? Pretty solid. According to The New York Times, that’s an idea an increasing amount of middle aged women are cozying up to as they take testosterone to increase their sex drive — among other things.
In a new report, the Times says women in their 40s have been using the boosts of testosterone for more than a few reasons. It could be to have more energy to pursue extra college degrees. More energy to pick up the kids from school and clean up their home. Maybe rekindle their romance with their husbands. And what better way to do that than having more rambunctious sex? Maybe not exactly — and not for everyone. But women in the report explain feeling attraction to their significant others for the first time in years. When you consider that women lose half of their own testosterone by their 60s — men, the horn dogs we are, lose much less — it makes sense that they might want to recapture some of that lost energy. Even if it means more facial hair. Or bouts of uncommon rage (one woman asked for a lower dose after finding herself being disproportionately angry with her husband). Indeed, there is a downside to Big Dick Energy. It turns out, if you end up thinking like a man, you’ll act like one, too. And yet that hasn’t stopped maturing women from trying to put it to better use.
It’s been so beneficial that, paradoxically, even women who are actually against gender affirming care can’t resist. Influencers are using it. Ditto for marketing consultants. Same for at least one cast member of Real Housewives ("I had to take mine down because I was humping everything," said Orange County's Gretchen Rossi.). The appeal is easy to get. The actual testosterone? Not so much. Even though men can get supplementary testosterone from a selection of dozens of options, the FDA has yet to approve one for women. For my part, I say let them rock. BDE isn’t just a silly internet phrase; it’s a human right.